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Apple Grove, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Letart Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45771. It stands on Johns Run. The Survey maps it on the Ravenswood quadrangle. It stands 1,969 feet above sea level.

Apple Grove within Meigs County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Apple Grove, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Apple Grove, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires nearby

22 since 1993

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Apple Grove between 1993 and 2019, burning about 62 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestry3126 ARCHERY CLUB RD.
6 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 1999Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryBRINKER
27 April 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryBRINKER HOLLOW
2 April 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15093
9 March 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryMILLWOOD
30 March 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryCROOKED RUN
28 March 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryFLATWOODS RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meigs County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 221 shown

Museums hold 221 specimens collected within 10 miles of Apple Grove between 1883 and 1972: 161 Animalia, 37 Fungi, 20 Plantae, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Balser, G., Bartholomew, E.A.; Wilson, D., Blankenbaker, et al. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) FéePhegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fée1945Cooke, V.Ravenswood
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium clavariaeforme, not of this specimenGymnosporangium clavariaeforme (Jacq.) DC.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Leptostroma quercinum, not of this specimenLeptostroma quercinum Lasch1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Lophodermium arundinaceum, not of this specimenLophodermium arundinaceum (Schrad.) Chevall.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Mycosphaerella fraxinicola, not of this specimenMycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) House1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
Ophiobolus fulgidus (Cooke & Peck) Sacc.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Septoria E.M.Fries, not of this specimenSeptoria E.M.Fries, 18191883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Stegophora ulmea, not of this specimenStegophora ulmea (Fr.) Syd. & P.Syd.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Ustilago nuda, not of this specimenUstilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Rostr.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Opheodrys aestivus, not of this specimenOpheodrys aestivus Linnaeus, 17661885not recordedRipley Landing
A photograph of the species Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae, not of this specimenAlbugo ipomoeae-panduratae (Schwein.) Swingle1905Post, A. L.Millwood
Alternaria solani Sorauer1905Post A. LeeMillwood

All 221 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Apple Grove: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ravenswood Aluminum Reduction PlantAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Apple Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Apple Grove PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Letart Falls PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Letart Falls Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Meigs County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
East Letart1.6 miles18
Ulric1.9 miles19
Plants2.7 miles18
Letart Falls3.0 miles18
Saxon3.3 miles19
Antiquity4.6 miles18
Condeville5.0 miles18
Great Bend5.4 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Apple GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4781166The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1060825. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.